Look for the New Award Winners

The American Library Association announced their award winners on January 10, but it has taken me a while to compile a list for you.  So, it's a few weeks late, but well worth the reading!  I put a star by all the books Sellers owns, but remember that you can request any book from any library.

The main award for teen fiction is called the Printz Award.  It's like the Caldecott or the Newbery, but for teens rather than children.  I'm really excited about the winner, Ship Breaker, because it's a dystopian fantasy!  Here's the 2011 Printz lineup:

• *Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Printz Award; dystopian fantasy; summary)
• Stolen by Lucy Christopher (Printz Honor; realistic fiction; summary)
• Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A. S. King (Printz Honor; magical realism; summary)
• *Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick (Printz Honor; historical mystery; summary)
• *Nothing by Janne Teller (Printz Honor; realistic fiction; summary)

Here is some other award-winning fiction that you might want to look for:

• *Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (Newbery Medal; historical fiction; summary)
• Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (Newbery Honor; historical fiction; summary)
• *Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers (Coretta Scott King Honor; realistic fiction; summary)
• Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Coretta Scott King Honor; magical realism; summary)
• Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri (Coretta Scott King Honor; realistic fiction; summary)

And the Winners Are...

Today, the American Library Association announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards. They give out many awards for everything from nonfiction to audiobooks, but the most famous are definitely the Caldecott and the Newbery. Here are some of the award winners of teen interest:

Michael L. Printz Award (given for excellence in literature written for young adults)

• Winner: Going Bovine by Libba Bray
• Honor: Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
• Honor: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
• Honor: Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
• Honor: Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes

The Schneider Family Book Award is given for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience. The winner in the young adult category was Marcelo in the Real World written by Francisco X. Stork.

Walter Dean Myers won the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has written many exceptional books for teens including Fallen Angels, Monster, and Sunrise Over Fallujah.

The William C. Morris Award honors a book written by a first-time author for young adults. This year's winner was Flash Burnout written by L.K. Madigan.

The Odyssey Award is given for excellence in audiobook production and is not age-specific. One of the honor audiobooks was In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber by L. A. Meyer.

Look for these books at the library!